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Wii Outselling PS3 in Japan
saintory writes "Apparently the Japanese console consumers are sinking their teeth into the modest Wii and are not as interested in the power-packed PS3. In fact, the Wii is outselling Sony's new console by a factor of almost 2:1. The number of PS3s sold into the Japanese market (466,716) falls well short of the million Sony had planned for the end of 2006. 989,118 Wii consoles have been sold in Japan in the same time span. From the article: 'Both Sony and Nintendo are projecting selling 6 million consoles by the end of March. Sony expects to start shipping the PS3 to Europe sometime that month as well. Straggling far behind Sony and Nintendo in the Enterbrain survey was Microsoft's Xbox 360, which had sold 290,467 since its Japan debut in December 2005. Selling machines in large numbers is crucial in the gaming business because it encourages software companies to make more games to play on the machines, which in turn boosts console sales.'"
Seems to me that they should just start shipping the consoles that aren't selling in the US and Japan to Europe.
The Wii is only outselling the PS3 in Japan because the small stature of the average Japanese gamer makes it extremely dangerous for them to attempt to wield the phenomenal gaming power contained within the PS3.
But when the red moon sets and the sun rises in the west, two monsters will appear to save the people.
PS3:
- SIXAXIS controller, which if pronounced sloppily can sound like "sex-asses".
- Motion sensing adds some potential.
Sex joke quotient: 50.
Wii:
- Name is inherently a phallus joke.
- Controller is phallic object, and referred to as "Wii-mote".
- Phallic object is "motion sensitive"
- Phallic object vibrates.
Sex joke quotient: 1 billion.
Winner: Wii. Wii always wins.
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PS3 can run GNU/Linux and all the Free games developed for GNU/Linux by devoted amateurs. Wii requires each developer to be a company with office space detached from the home.
No, no, Sony was slammed for creating an environment where people were shot or robbed for their PS3.
Nintendo is off the hook because they created an entirely different environment.
One Wii, many Wii. A group of Wii is a club.
One XBox, many XBoxen. A group of XBoxen is a pack.
One PS3, many PS3s. A group of PS3s is a rarity.
*rimshot*
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I thought capitalizing on Breakout games was Atari's job.
No, it's because the PS3 is twice as good as the Wii, so every PS3 sold is like 2 Wiis sold.
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Particle Man, Particle Man,
Bought his Wii from a guy named Stan,
He plays a game, Particle wins,
Particle Man.
Triangle Man, Triangle Man,
Kicks Particle's ass playing Bomberman Land,
Same result while beta-testing Th3 Plan,
Triangle Man.
Note - Triangle Man always wins.
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If there is more demand for the Wii, no one can say how much... If there was actually more demand for the PS3, nobody could prove it.
"If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit!"
When you said "was actually", was that a little sob? Are you crying?
I'm sitting here marvelling at you getting modded informative for that. Who are the poor innocents who read your comment and thought "well, you learn something new every day"?
A group of PS3s is a rarity.
You obviously haven't been to an electronics retailer lately. You'll see lots of PS3s sitting there. You can spot the PS3 section by the tumbleweed blowing through.
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You fool. The sun does rise and set. It sets in Arizona, in fact. Near Flagstaff. That's why the rocks there are so red. It goes out at it sets, though, and is only about the size of a quarter, so it doesn't crush anyone or anything.
It moves from east to west because of solar wind.
Christ man, didn't they teach you anything in school?
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Seven. Maybe eight.
Nor is there a Dana. Only Zuul.
Haec merda tauri est. Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
That's actually the first thing I said after I bought my 50" HDTV and popped in a DVD.